Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee called the situation "devastating,” noting it was the second shooting on an Oakland campus in a week.

He meant the world to me,” Nahshon Wright said about the Laney College athletic director, whom he viewed as a "father figure"

"Last Chance U" coach and Laney College athletic director John Beam died, one day after being shot on the Oakland, California campus, police announced.

OAKLAND — Authorities arrested a suspect early Friday in the Laney College campus shooting of legendary Oakland football coach John Beam, multiple sources told this news outlet.

Authorities are working to locate the shooting suspect, described as a man wearing dark clothing, police said.